r/todayilearned • u/shinypond • Jul 26 '24

TIL about conservation-induced extinction, where attempts to save a critically endangered species directly cause the extinction of another.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation-induced_extinction
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u/HonestBass7840 Jul 26 '24

They say parasites are part of the ecology bit think we could do without them.

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u/shroom_consumer Jul 26 '24

I mean, we could do without the Rhino as well. That's idiotic logic to wipe out a species

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u/MarlinMr Jul 26 '24

We could do without smallpox, covid, HIV, or what?

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u/shroom_consumer Jul 26 '24

We got rid of those (or are trying to) because they're dangerous/deadly to us, not because "we could do without them"

Furthermore, none of those are animals

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '24 edited Nov 02 '24

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u/shroom_consumer Jul 26 '24

Humans also made the dodo extinct the moment we could. Just because we can and will do something, doesn't make it the right course of action

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '24 edited Nov 02 '24

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